The GOP is at an historical and precarious crossroads. Lifelong Republican here. Never liked Trump as a person. Could even say I despised him as a person and even argued with other republicans on here adamantly two years ago about how he was going to tear apart the party and lose the next election with his antics, and that turned out to be true.
That said, I 100% got the appeal and supported the vast majority of his policies. And with my fear of the radical left extreme nonsense ever creeping closer to home, I voted for the lesser of two evils.
Now we find ourselves with a small but loud faction of almost religious like support for a moronic bully that I guess makes people feel empowered because he wouldn’t take any crap from the left and was able to make fun of and call out the lunacy of the left, but did so in such an irritating and undignified way.
If the Trump followers either break apart or become apathetic again, the GOP is in trouble for the foreseeable future. There needs to be a dynamic candidate that emerges to appeal to both factions of republicans and also pull some from the moderate left. Doubling down and continuing to find another Trump like candidate will be a losing proposition in my opinion.
That said, I 100% got the appeal and supported the vast majority of his policies. And with my fear of the radical left extreme nonsense ever creeping closer to home, I voted for the lesser of two evils.
Now we find ourselves with a small but loud faction of almost religious like support for a moronic bully that I guess makes people feel empowered because he wouldn’t take any crap from the left and was able to make fun of and call out the lunacy of the left, but did so in such an irritating and undignified way.
If the Trump followers either break apart or become apathetic again, the GOP is in trouble for the foreseeable future. There needs to be a dynamic candidate that emerges to appeal to both factions of republicans and also pull some from the moderate left. Doubling down and continuing to find another Trump like candidate will be a losing proposition in my opinion.
